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Update (Friday, Dec. 24, 2021) The COVID-19 outbreak at Providence Care’s Transitional Care Centre has officially been declared over by both the healthcare organization, and Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health. According to a press release from Providence Care, the outbreak, which was declared on Thursday, Dec. 2,
Read more Providence Care has declared a COVID-19 watch at its transitional care centre after a patient there tested positive for the virus. The watch was declared just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. According to Providence Care, a COVID-19 watch is “a heightened form of COVID-19 surveillance, which includes
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In a continued effort to protect the people they serve and their staff, Providence Care is enacting a mandatory visitor vaccination policy for its hospital and transitional care sites. Effective Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, anyone visiting a patient at Providence Care Hospital and/or Providence Transitional Care Centre must show proof
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The first 30 bed unit in Providence Care’s Transitional Care Centre is now operational. Patients can be referred to the Transitional Care Centre, located in the Gibson Wing at the former St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital, not only from acute care hospitals and emergency departments, but also family doctors,
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Providence Care is joining the growing list of hospitals and other healthcare organizations in Ontario enacting a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for staff. All staff working at Providence Care Hospital, Providence Manor, Providence Transitional Care Centre, and any of Providence Care’s community-based mental health and support services sites must be
Read more Providence Care’s 64-bed Transitional Care Centre will open this fall, providing care options for caregivers, frail, older adults, and those needing restorative care, awaiting procedures, or living with dementia and associated responsive behaviours. Located at 340 Union Street, in the Gibson Wing of the former St. Mary’s of the Lake
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